Below is a non-exhaustive list of my writing, covering journalistic reporting, public philosophy and theology essays, and some odds and ends. (Much of my most writing is in print at Geez Magazine, which is no longer active.) In particular, I like to write about religion, the left, and the arts. I have also been interviewed as an expert on Catholicism, social justice, and the Christian left. If you want a comment or would like me to write for your publication, send me an email at dean.dettloff@gmail.com!
Book
Enough Is Enough: Degrowth, Capitalism, and Liberation Theology (with Matthew Bernico)
Selected Work
Sojourners
“A New Book Smashes the Idols of Economic Growth”
//March 2026
“Mourning a Pope We Often Ignored”
April 26, 2025
“The Best Way to Love Elon Musk? Protest Him”
March 27, 2025
“Embargo Is a Polite Word; for Cubans, It’s ‘Crucifixion'”
January 19, 2024
“Cuba’s Progressive Christians Are Making Their Country More Inclusive”
//October 7, 2022
“Is Pope Francis a Liberation Theologian?”
//October 26, 2021
“The Recent Amazon Union Effort Failed–Churches Can Help”
// April 28, 2021
“The Socialist Catholic Sister”
// November 19, 2018
The Nation
“Pope Francis, the First Global South Pontiff”
//April 22, 2025
Commonweal Magazine
“A May Day Saint: The Radical Ministry of Fr. Thomas Hagerty”
//April 30, 2023
“St. Bernadette’s Blockhouse: Remembering French Intellectual Paul Virilio”
//January 20, 2019
America Magazine: The Jesuit Review
“The Indigenous people of Canada want an apology from Pope Francis”
// June 11, 2021
“In Toronto, a young carpenter is building ‘tiny shelters’ for the homeless. The city isn’t happy.”
// April 23, 2021
“Catholics in Quebec are leaving the church in droves. Can reinventing parish life save it?”
// February 25, 2021
“In Canada, a religious community dedicated to social justice faces its last days”
// September 4, 2020
“How Canadian Catholics are responding to George Floyd’s killing and Black Lives Matter”
// June 24, 2020
“Two 2019 strike anniversaries recall Christian role in Canada’s labor movement”
// December 24, 2019
“How a ‘green’ church in Toronto teaches theology through design”
//August 23, 2019
“An Irish monk breathes new life into liturgical art in Toronto”
//June 12, 2018
“Why indigenous people are crashing Canada’s 150th birthday party”
// August 3, 2017
Geez Magazine
“Something of Ours Is Already Saved: An Interview with Leonardo Boff”
//Fall 2022
“Civil Disobedience” [sample of regular column]
// Fall 2020
“Inside, Outside, All on the Same Side! A Conversation with Incarcerated Workers Organizing Committee”
// Spring 2020
“The Apocalypse of COVID-19”
// March 20, 2020
The Bias
“The Nadir of Saint Louis: Against Christian Cultural Heritage”
// August 24, 2020 [with Matt Bernico]
“Liberation Spirituality for a Global Pandemic”
// May 2020
Class Collective Magazine
“When the Sickle Meets the Cross: Speaking with Dean Dettloff about Christianity and the Left”
//May 2022
Progress Alberta
“Bizarre as it is to say, we could use a zealous Catholic Kenney”
// January 20, 2021
Broadview Magazine
“It’s time for Christians to throw in with the working class”
// February 13, 2020
People’s Voice
“Church joins growing chorus calling for end to sanctions”
// June 12, 2020
Around the Web
“Paul Virilio”
// Political Theology Network, April 27, 2021
“We Christians, or Our Racist Christian World”
// Ground Motive, August 17, 2020
“Christmas Eve: Liberating Christmas from Capitalism”
// Radvent, December 24, 2019
“Seeing Through a Bubble Darkly”
// An und für sich, Symposium: Neoliberalism’s Demons by Adam Kotsko, February 11, 2019
“Three Ways Helmut Gollwitzer Can Help Christians in the US Think About Socialism”
// Theology Corner, Symposium: Our God Loves Justice by Travis McMaken, September 17, 2018
“A Religious Left Means Sabotaging Oil Pipelines, Not Voting For Democrats“
// Tikkun Magazine, September 12, 2017
“Violence On All Sides”
// Ground Motive, November 20, 2017
“Our Digital Ecology”
// World Association for Christian Communication, February 18, 2017
“A Reformational Eco-Socialism?”
// Ground Motive, August 11, 2016
“Laudato Si’, Fracking, and Air Conditioning”
// Ground Motive, June 26, 2015
“Navigating the Crisis of Movement: Rupture, Repetition, and New Life“
// The Other Journal, October 8, 2015
Podcast Appearances
“Communism for Christians”
// Faith and Capital, March, 2020
“A Catholic Case for Communism”
// Owls at Dawn, November, 2019
“Arcane Book Club of Horror – Vampyrotheutis Infernalis”
// Horror Vanguard, August, 2019
“Christian Leftist Roundtable”
// A Different Lens, May, 2018
“Christian Socialism: The Fusion of Faith and Revolution”
// Revolutionary Left Radio, September, 2017
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